[17][18] Scheyer was known as the "Jewish Jordan", and the Spartans' state championship team is the only high school state championship basketball squad in the nation known to have included an all-Jewish starting line-up. What comes next is decidedly not: Scheyer will replace Mike Krzyzewski he of five national championships and a Division I-record 1,170 victories as the Blue Devils mens basketball coach after the 2021-22 season. "When your best player is also your hardest worker, you give thanks. That wasn't my vision. We republish it here after the June 2021 news that Illinois native Jon Scheyer was named head coach of the Duke mens basketball team. What also produces greatness is a hatred of losing. [74][75], For the season, he has also led the nation in assist/turnover ratio. Commenting on his play, Coach Krzyzewski said: "He understands, which most kids, believe me, do not, the value of the ball. A total of 26 Duke players have been drafted, including 20 first-rounders, with Scheyer on the staff, highlighted by overall No. "I mean, it's great, but they mean nothing. Birthdate: August 24, 1987 [47], Scheyer was again named captain along with Lance Thomas. "All people will do is pick their favorite player.". named head coach of the Duke mens basketball team. [91][95] Coach Vinny Del Negro observed: He just knows how to play, and that's a basketball skill. The injury wasnt career-ending, though. He is the only player in Illinois history to rank in the states career top 10 in points, assists and steals. I think Jon is going to do a terrific job. [85][86], Scheyer played on the Miami Heat's 19-man 2010 NBA Las Vegas Summer League team. [23][35] He also tied the Duke freshman record by making 115 free throws, and holds the third-longest streak for consecutive free throws made in Duke history at 40. "Isiah didn't. The South Carolina transfer played one year in Illinois, losing to Thornton in the 1995 quarters. 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The move was recommended so that he would have a greater chance of success. [3][4][5][6], Scheyer was born in Northbrook, Illinois, and is the youngest of three children of Laury and Jim Scheyer. "I keep hearing about the records, the records. I didnt have a lot of fun, Gene Bartow, who lasted two years as John Woodens replacement at UCLA, said of his Bruins stint in 1998, even though he went 52-9 and took one of those teams to the Final Four. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. , 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17, Leaders. His remarkable 21-points-in-75-seconds outburst in the 2005 Proviso West holiday tournament remains a You Tube classic. [1][18][23] He had a reputation as an exceptional 3-point shooter, a good defensive rebounder, and a big-game performer. Scheyer chose Duke over finalists Illinois, Wisconsin and Arizona, and he played in 144 games over four seasons for the Blue Devils, including 108 starts. Famed multisport star scored 969 points in 1941 and 834 the next season. Jon Scheyer enrolled at Glenbrook North High School, where he once scored 21 points in a game's final 75 seconds of play in an attempt to spark a comeback. Bruce Douglas, Quincy: A 6-foot-3 guard who scored 182 in three state tournaments, he sparked the Blue Devils to 64 straight wins and 1981 title. [92][93], In June 2011, Scheyer signed a two-year contract worth a reported $450,000 with Euroleague contender Maccabi Tel Aviv, the European league's 2011 runner-up and five-time champion. His LOVE for Duke is special as he has lived it as a multi talented player and as a member of the staff. One thing escaped him on this night of domination. With weight of the past and present upon him, only the future holds the answer. Glenn "Doc" Rivers of Maywood Proviso East? Scheyer and Glenbrook North were the biggest story in Chicago sports during the winter of 2005-06. Jon Scheyer is a 6-4, 170-pound Shooting Guard from Northbrook, IL. It wasn't his coaches'. [23] He had a team-best 2.24:1 assist-to-turnover ratio, averaged the third-most minutes-per-game on the team (28.3), was fourth in scoring (11.7), and was widely hailed as one of the country's top sixth men. "We need a proper historical perspective," Bell said. 5 -- ACC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS (2009, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2023) Jon Scheyer scored 21 points in 75 seconds in a game when he was a senior in high school. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. [1] In his first season, he drew the top recruiting class according to 247Sports and Sports Illustrated,[129][130] and won the ACC tournament before bowing out in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Hes the next guy in line there and it should happen that way. In Division I history, only seven other coaches younger than 35 years old have won more games in a debut season. Over. Those of joy or sorrow? And, by the way, Scheyer managed all this despite being so sick he had been to the doctor twice in the previous several days. [23] Though not naturally a point guard, Scheyer spent some time playing the point due to lack of depth at that position. Overall, he has won 79% of his games at Duke and has the most wins of any Division I basketball coach with 1,168. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 28 player nationally in the 2006 recruiting class, according to the Recruiting Services Consensus Index (RSCI). He handles the ball real well. [127] Scheyer served as acting head coach for Duke's 8382 win over Boston College on January 6, 2021, filling in for Krzyzewski who had to miss the game because he was quarantined after being exposed to COVID-19. He closed his career as the fourth-leading scorer in Illinois high school basketball history with 3,034 points. But unlike Krzyzewski who once joked that I was what you would call a role player, which means I couldnt shoot a lick. The guy who is now Mike Krzyzewskis handpicked successor at Duke really did want the DePaul job. All-time best in high school is a lofty label in a state that houses three of the nation's four winningest programs and boasts a state finals celebrating its 100th tournament next season. Family: Wife, Marcelle (married May 2017); Children, Noa (born January 2018), Jett (born August 2019) and James (born May 2022), Ive said many times that Jon Scheyer is one of the smartest coaches in the country. He was a coachs player. "Scheyer's more quiet.". He takes the big shots. Here are five things to know about Scheyer, whom Krzyzewski called a rising star in our profession.. [63] Scheyer missed the NBA Draft Combine in late May and lost 10 pounds as he battled mononucleosis, which had him out for approximately three weeks and also forced him to miss his graduation. As a freshman in 2006-07, the Blue Devils were upset by VCU in the first round, the first time in 11 years they failed to win an NCAA tournament game. But Northbrook native Jon Scheyer who was announced Wednesday as Duke coach Mike Krzyzewskis successor after Coach K is set to retire following the 2021-22 season is no stranger to the spotlight. The 2023-24 class is projected to be top-two in the nation. [23] On February 19, Scheyer was moved from shooting guard, where he had played 91 games, to point guard; there he played well for the last 9 games of the season and into the post-season. But he chose Duke over Illinois, Arizona and Wisconsin because in his eyes, Krzyzewski gave him the best chance of reaching the Final Four. And at the time his body was running on fumes, he still competed at the highest level possible. FORMER BLUE DEVIL BILLY KING The 35-year-old Scheyer was among the youngest head coaches in Division-I mens basketball, and the youngest at a power conference institution, at the time of his hire. 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Scheyer scored 21 of his tournament-record 52 points in the game's final 75 seconds. Authorities searching for two missing teen girls found the bodies of 7 people on a rural Oklahoma property. In recovering Minnesota, a new mens basketball coach offers a vision of change, Yale AD Vicky Chun, spurred by rise in anti-Asian violence, leads push for AAPI representation. (Gerry Broome/AP) Jon Scheyer once scored 21 points in 75 seconds of a high. Those stats wont help him much in the Duke hot seat. A Duke improv troupe later filmed a sketch, titled "Jon Scheyer in 75 Seconds," that features him riding . [28] His father encouraged him to join him and go home, but as his coach recalled "Jon looked at him and said, 'No. Already recognized as an elite scorer, his legend grew when he scored 21 points in 75 seconds at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament as a senior. How do you define best? 1 class five times (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022). ", Top boys players: Meet the boys basketball honorees for the 2021 Central Illinois High School Sports Awards, Top girls players: Meet the girls basketball honorees for the 2021 Central Illinois High School Sports Awards. Fouls out at :06.6, leaving game to standing ovation from the 4,500-person crowd in Hillside. This is obviously a big job, but I cant imagine anyone being more prepared or better equipped to undertake it. I was 33 when I was here. Chicago Tribune's Bob Verdi, in a recent column. I have a third chance to go downstate. [23][40][41] He averaged 3.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.4 steals per game. Illinois' leading scorer Chico Vaughn of Tamms? "He is a basketball player.". He was just the ultimate team player. Illinois Prep Bulls-eye. "It was a learning experience," Scheyer said. One of them just happened to be Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. These are accolades. This is the guy who scored 21 points in 75 seconds at the Proviso West Tournament in 2005. [63][64][65][66] In June, he participated in pre-draft workouts for ten teams. Shot clocks are now allowed in high school basketball. Scheyer also improved as a play-maker as a senior, posting a career-best 25.8-percent assist rate, which means he assisted on roughly one out of every four baskets Duke made when he was on the floor. "It's just playing. [109], The team was limited to no more than four players who are non-Israeli, but because Scheyer has a Jewish father he had the ability to obtain Israeli citizenship relatively quickly, and did so in September 2011. No state finals games. Here's Scheyer in a comedy video that would have been filmed during the spring of his freshman season. [31], Scheyer was a 2006 Inductee into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. These schools have won the most NCAA men's basketball national championships. Like Krzyzewski, Scheyer is a product of the Chicago area, having played prep basketball at suburban Glenbrook North. Former LaGrange Lyons coach Ron Nikcevich on Scheyer's 52-point game and 21 points in 75 seconds. Jon Scheyer's fifth foul came with 6.6 seconds left and his team on the wrong side of a score for just the 16th time since he began walking the halls at Northbrook's Glenbrook North High. Collins, also Mr. Basketball of Illinois (1992) at Glenbrook North, was instrumental as a Duke assistant coach in recruiting Scheyer to Durham. [19][20][21][22], As a freshman, Scheyer led Glenbrook North in scoring and assists and was First Team All-State as a sophomore in 2004. He led St. Joe's to the 1979 state title game. Instead, hell start at the top. Hall Coach of the Year Award, presented annually to the best first-year coach in college basketball. 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You've got to score. Centralia's Dike Eddleman. But Krzyzewski said Thursday that Scheyer, whos only 33, will be more than up to the task, just as Krzyzewski eventually was up to the task when Duke hired him at the age of 33 in 1980. He finished with 52 in that game, averaged 32 as a senior and took Glenbrook North back downstate. Or, view "Trailers" for Season Field Goal . He finished the game with 52. A basketball prodigy who received a scholarship offer in eighth grade from Marquette coach Tom Crean, Scheyer won a state championship at Glenbrook North, a national title at Duke and has been on Krzyzewskis bench since 2013. After going undrafted, Scheyer was playing for the Miami Heat Summer League team in Las Vegas when the Golden State Warriors Joe Ingles accidentally poked him in the eye. The last two times Nikcevich saw Scheyer play, each time at a holiday tournament, GBN lost. 26 -- TOTAL NBA DRAFT PICKS COACHED (TWO OVERALL NO. He went 6-for-12 from deep against Long Beach State, and 5-for-10 and 5-for-9 in those back-to-back NCAA tournament wins over Baylor and West Virginia. Moreover, he was the 2006 Mr . "There isn't a more team-oriented player in the state." He has two state trips a fourth place as a freshman and title as a junior. He finished the game with 52 points. One of the spectators in a packed gym that night was Duke coach MikeKrzyzewski. Jon Scheyer is an outstanding young coach. Taking an active role in the Durham community, he and Marcelle began the Scheyer Kid Captain program in 2022-23. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights, scores and more. [23] His coach David Weber said, "I call him a combination of Larry Bird and 'Pistol' Pete (Maravich). The NCAA threatened states over anti-transgender bills. Scheyer seems not to crave fame, although he handles his increasingly rock-star status immaculately, as he proved again after the game by taking so much time posing for a picture and signing autographs that Glenbrook North coach Dave Weber had to fetch him. He's a rare player in this day and age. (updated April 2023). His father said, "I get chills thinking about it. His previous roles with the Blue Devils include special assistant, assistant coach and the previous three years as associate head coach. .780 -- CAREER WINNING PERCENTAGE AS A DUKE PLAYER AND COACH He also tied for 2nd in games with 20 or more points (17), and was 3rd in scoring (18.2 points per game), 4th in assists (4.9 per game) and 3-point FG percentage (.383), and 7th in steals (1.6 per game). 1 selections Zion Williamson in 2019 and Paolo Banchero in 2022. eight made) after going 9-for-9 against West Virginia in 2008. Scheyer was part of the highest-scoring trio in men's basketball during the 2010 season, when he, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith averaged a combined 61 points per game. My only wish for him is not to replicate my first three years, Krzyzewski said Thursday. This much we know about high school basketball icon Jon Scheyer: . He gets teased about the remark, but Scheyer's four days at Proviso West, added to his performance during North's state championship run last March, has clearly put the guard among the state's all-time elite players. "It's understanding that he is a pure, 100 percent basketball player," Nikcevich said. Scheyer ranks fifth in men's NCAA tournament history with an 89.1 percent career free-throw percentage, among players who made at least 50 free throws in the tournament their career. One of the spectators in a packed gym that . What to know about Jon Scheyer, the Illinois native who will succeed Coach K at Duke . Part of why there is so much parity in college basketball is coaching. You can watch the incredible sequence below. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Also: Ranking Mike Krzyzewski's 10 best Duke men's basketball teams. "Too many people can't recall what they had for lunch yesterday or what happened before 1990. College Career: Four-year letterman, Duke, 2007-2010 [46] Krzyzewski said after the season: "He's a great competitor. In fact, I wasnt ever supposed to shoot Scheyer was immediately pegged as gifted, earning first-team all-state honors in Illinois three times, leading his team to a state title as a junior and drawing comparisons to Larry Bird and Pete Maravich. I think the more the ball is in Jon's hands, the better. Simply put, Jon Scheyer is Duke. Scheyer started only once during his sophomore year, but played in all 34 games. He attempted 706 free throws in his career compared to 1,442 field goal attempts, which means he posted a career free-throw rate of nearly 49 percent. Then he stayed until he made 50 in a row."[28]. The Wildcats coach said that when Duke was recruiting Scheyer, he and Mike Krzyzewski were at a game a game that is now well-known where Scheyer scored 21 points in a span of 75 seconds . 11 -- ALL-AMERICANS COACHED (5 CONSENSUS FIRST-TEAMERS) Hes fourth all time in scoring, 20th in assists and 10th in steals. He was a prolific high school scorer, and later an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) leader in numerous statistical categories, including free-throw percentage, three-point shots/game, and assists/turnover ratio. He's got good size. As a high school player, Scheyer smashed records and impressed his coaches. [128], On June 2, 2021, it was announced that Scheyer would become Duke's next head basketball coach after Mike Krzyzewski's retirement following the end of the 202122 season. It's also available for football, hockey and baseball. Scheyer, 33, has been an assistant at Duke since 2013-14 but has never held a head-coaching job at any level. Duke went 115-29 (.798) in Jon Scheyer's four years of college. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NCAA or its member institutions. The Blue Devils stretched the winning streak to 11 with a dominant first-round win. In the upper levels of their farm system, the Cubs, who snapped a three-game skid by beating the Nats, are strong on the hitting side but taking blows on the pitching side. It's disappointing we didn't win.". "[80], He is the only player in Duke history to record at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, 400 assists, 250 3-pointers, and 200 steals in a career.[67]. You lose. Duke announced in June 2021 that then-associate head coach and former Blue Devils guard Jon Scheyer would replace legendary head coach Mike Krzyzewski after the 2022 season, following Coach K's 42-year run in Durham. He's got such a nice feel for the game, and works so hard. It seems Scheyer holds a special spot in the old coach's heart. He mostly wanted to have it include a team championship. FORMER BLUE DEVIL, HARVARD COACH TOMMY AMAKER, 27.6-- AVERAGE NUMBER OF VICTORIES PER SEASON WHILE AT DUKE [103][104][105][106] Maccabi Tel Aviv was 261 in 201011, and included NBA guard Jordan Farmar and former American college players Richard Hendrix (Alabama), Shawn James (Duquesne), and David Blu (University of Southern California). But with Scheyer averaging 18.2 points per game as a senior captain, Duke won 18 of its final 19 games, the last of which being a 61-59 win over Butler in the national championship game that was secured only when Gordon Haywards half-court heave bounded off the rim. Scheyer's not suiting up anytime soon and facing Isiah one-on-one. [23][39] His free throw percentage (.889) was 2nd in the ACC for the season, 12th in the nation, and 5th-best in school history. Scheyer is the fourth-leading scorer in Illinois history with 3,034 points, and he is the only player in state history to finish his career ranked in the all-time top 10 in points (4th), rebounds, assists (6th), and steals (7th). Scheyers father, Jim, is Jewish, and Scheyer was raised in the faith. [36] He led all freshmen in the ACC with an .846 free throw percentage,[37] and was eighth in the ACC in minutes per game (33.7). It would be fun to report North was trailing by 15 points and Scheyer led them to victory, but even this plot isn't that juicy. [90][91][92], Sidelined initially with an eye patch and incapacitating headaches, he ultimately returned to the court wearing protective goggles to protect his eyes. After a few more playing attempts with teams in the NBA, Israel and Spain, Scheyer in 2013 joined the long procession of former Duke players to set up camp a few seats down from Krzyzewski as an assistant during games. Hoops", "Strawberry, Scheyer earn ACC weekly honors", "McRoberts, Nelson and Scheyer Receive All-ACC Recognition", "Blue Devils battle Bearcats in Greensboro", "Duke Wins NIT Season Tip-Off Tournament", "Scheyer Selected as USBWA National Player of the Week", "Scheyer and Singler Chosen to All-America Teams", "Duke hires former player Jon Scheyer as special assistant basketball coach", "Jeff Capel, Jon Scheyer receive coaching promotions", "Duke promotes Nate James, Jon Scheyer to associate head coaches as Jeff Capel departs", "As Coach K exits quarantine, his daughter and granddaughter are still sick with COVID-19", "2022 SI All-American Top 25 Basketball Recruiting Rankings", "Duke has another ACC title. That was Jon's vision, and it never occurred to him that anything else would happen. 4 scorer in state history, and he led the Spartans to berths downstate in three of four seasons, including the Class AA state title as a junior in 2005. I could not be more excited for Jon and for the opportunity that he has in front of him to continue the great tradition of Duke Basketball. On one night, the Golden Boy cemented himself among the all-time greats. [23], In the 200607 season he started all 33 Blue Devils games as a freshman,[35] and scored a season-high 26 points in a loss to North Carolina on February 7, 2007. The Northbrook, Ill., native has been integral in the recruiting and development of several young Duke stars since joining the staff. @JonScheyer # pic.twitter.com/9FRpdM6pVM, School: DukePosition: GuardHeight: 6-5Weight: 190 poundsYears active: 2006-10NCAA tournament record: 9-3Career averages: 14.4 points per game, 3.6 rebounds per game, 3.1 assists per game, 40.6% shooting.
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